The Pentagon’s New Gatekeepers: A Pillow for Official Narratives
The doors to the Pentagon’s inner sanctum have swung wide open for a new class of media, and among the first to march through is the media network of the MyPillow founder [1]. This isn’t merely a bureaucratic reshuffle; it’s a meticulously engineered overhaul that has seen the traditional press corps, those actual journalists who dared to ask inconvenient questions, unceremoniously evicted. Their sin? Refusing to sign onto a new, restrictively crafted press policy that effectively muzzled independent reporting [3], [5].
In their place, the Defense Department has credentialed over 60 new “journalists” under what they’ve termed a “new media” corps [3], [4]. A quick glance at the new faces reveals the predictable: a flock of pro-Trump outlets and right-wing media figures, including the likes of the Gateway Pundit and the Post Millennial, have eagerly signed agreements with the Pentagon [7]. This isn’t about fostering diverse perspectives; it’s about curating narratives.
Trading Scrutiny for Servitude: The MyPillow Standard
The inclusion of the MyPillow guy’s network is particularly revealing. For those who somehow missed it, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell isn’t merely a purveyor of sleep aids; he’s a vocal and relentless champion of thoroughly debunked 2020 election conspiracy theories [2], even producing a multi-part “documentary” to spread his baseless claims [6]. To hand him, and those of his ilk, the keys to Pentagon access is not just baffling—it’s an outright insult to the very concept of a free press.
This move is a chilling declaration from the Defense Department: they prefer compliant mouthpieces over critical investigators. When the gatekeepers of national security information are figures known for promoting disinformation, the public’s right to factual, unvarnished truth is severely compromised. The established Pentagon journalists rightly called it a “dark day for press freedom” as their credentials were revoked for refusing to play along [5]. It’s a transaction that trades legitimate accountability for guaranteed amplification of official lines, irrespective of their veracity. This isn’t journalism; it’s a public relations exercise dressed up as news, and it will ensure that the most crucial questions about defense policy go unasked, and unanswered.
Sources & Footnotes
- https://www.facebook.com/briantylercohen/posts/breaking-the-mypillow-guys-media-network-has-joined-the-pentagon-press-corps/1407723667380313/ ↩
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/major-news-outlets-reject-pentagon-214737179.html ↩
- https://www.instagram.com/p/DQH0T2hiTlS/ ↩
- https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/22/pentagon-trump-press-corps-00619002 ↩
- https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/a-dark-day-for-press-freedom-pentagon-reporters-sound-off-after-getting-the-boot/ ↩
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/just-back-sell-pillows-stunned-232154479.html ↩
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/22/pentagon-press-corps-right-wing-media/ ↩
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